Blade & Soul - a hot Korean Game

Doubtlessly, Blade and Soul is the brightest one among all NCsoft's games and will kick off its 1st CBT in Q2, 2011. It attracted a legion of players to have a try at G-star 2010 in Busan, South Korea at the end of last year, which proved that many players were looking forward to this game. Moreover, this game has even gained much attention from overseas players, since it has ranked the top five on the most-anticipated game list for a long time in both Japan and Europe.

ass=MsoNormal>James talked about how they are looking at feedback from players with regards to upcoming class designs, including the Gunner and Warlock (specialize in debuff spells). The team is also looking at suggestions for a class using musical instruments as its main weapon. So after the Summoner is revealed, there will not be a new class for some time. A Blade Soul smartphone application is also under consideration as well, similar to Aion and WoW's but again it will be based on the community's feedback. More from the interview when a fansite translate the full transcript.

 

e. Today many MMORPGs use Unreal 3 Engine but in Hong Suk-Geun's opinions, although this engine is easy to take and edit, it's made for FPS games since it lacks many UI features that a MMORPG needs. Thus, the team has spent a lot of time on the UI things.